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Nanaimo, British Columbia
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Camp Opened: September 20, 1914
Camp Closed: September 17, 1915
Old Provincial Jail Bldg. Stewart Avenue between Townsite Rd. and Rosehill Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia
1914/01/30
Vancouver World
Seattle and Vancouver
1914/02/18
Vancouver World
Did Canadian Colleries want Men to Strike
1914/08/02
Victoria Colonist
Recall of Reservists
1914/08/03
Vancouver Province
British Columbia’s Coast Secure
1914/08/06
Vancouver Province
Two German Cruisers Ready to Pounce on Craft in Pacific
1914/08/09
Victoria Colonist
German Consul Leaves
1914/08/13
Vernon News
United States Bars Aliens Going to War
1914/08/15
Quebec Le Soleil
Tout reserviste ennemi sera arrete
1914/08/21
Manitoba Free Press
Nanaimo Miners Call off Strike
1914/08/25
Vancouver World
Austrians Who Crossed Border Now Prisoners
1914/09/24
Vancouver World
Expert Engineers Guard Esquimalt
1914/09/25
Vancouver Province
Prisoners Transferred to Nanaimo
1914/09/29
Vancouver World
Twelve German and Austrian Reservists Taken to Nanaimo
1914/09/30
Vancouver World
Reports of German and Austrian Reservists Leaving British Columbia
1914/10/05
Vancouver World
Will not Naturalize Enemies
1914/10/16
Toronto Globe
Alleged German Spies and Supplies Seized
1914/10/22
Winnipeg Tribune
603 Reservists Safe in Jail
1914/11/04
Toronto Daily News
British Columbia Readies for Germans
1914/11/05
Manitoba Free Press
Ottawa Fears for City of Victoria
1914/11/14
Ottawa Journal
WD Erwin will Register Aliens
1914/11/14
Vancouver Province
What is Being Done to Relieve Present Unemployment Problem
1914/11/26
Edmonton Bulletin
4000 Unemployed in Edmonton
1914/11/26
Edmonton Bulletin
4000 Unemployed in Edmonton
1914/12/03
Vernon News
Unemployment in Western Canada
1914/12/05
Vancouver World
Ottawa will Pay for Prisoners Interned
1914/12/07
Vancouver World
The Germans in Vancouver
1914/12/15
Toronto Daily News
No Accommodation for Interned Aliens
1914/12/17
Vernon News
Working Out a Plan to Help Unemployed
1915/01/18
Toronto Daily Star
Aid Germans to get Away
1915/01/18
Toronto Daily News
Baron Mackenzen Taken to Nanaimo
1915/01/18
Toronto Daily Star
Crank German Arrested
1915/03/10
Vancouver World
General Otter does not Think any Raid Likely
1915/03/17
Kitchener Daily British Whig
Lively German Raid
1915/04/02
Montreal Gazette
Canada’s War Prisoners
1915/04/02
Manitoba Free Press
General Hughes Suspend Hurdman
1915/04/06
Niagara Fall Evening Review
Austrian Convicted
1915/04/10
Vancouver World
Col. Ogilvie, Registrar of Alien Enemies Here
1915/04/15
Vancouver World
Arrest Folllows German’s Visits to Alien Enemies
1915/04/16
Vancouver World
Good Pictures for Movies
1915/04/21
Vancouver World
Alien Enemy Escapes
1915/04/24
Vancouver World
Third Detention Camp will be Established
1915/04/29
Vernon News
All Aliens to be Interned
1915/04/30
Manitoba Free Press
Four Germans Arrested
1915/04/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Germans Residing in Vancouver are put Under Arrest
1915/04/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Germans Residing in Vancouver are put Under Arrest
1915/05/10
Edmonton Journal
Mob at Victoria Smashes German Hotel Property
1915/05/11
Kitchener Daily British Whig
Raid German Houses
1915/05/13
Vernon News
Mob Wrecks German Club at Victoria
1915/05/14
Manitoba Free Press
Demand Dismissal of Aliens
1915/05/15
Montreal Gazette
Four Germans Arrested
1915/05/18
Vancouver World
Victoria’s Defence
1915/05/19
Manitoba Free Press
Gathering Up Aliens in BC
1915/05/20
Vernon News
Alien Residents
1915/05/25
Manitoba Free Press
Intern Aliens in Vancouver
1915/05/25
Winnipeg Tribune
Intern Aliens in Vancouver
1915/05/26
Brandon Daily Sun
Aliens For Western Coal Mines Interned
1915/05/26
Edmonton Bulletin
Internment of Aliens on a Wholesale Scale
1915/05/26
Edmonton Bulletin
Internment of Aliens on a Wholesale Scale
1915/05/26
Edmonton Journal
Internment Will Help Unemployed in Coast Cities
1915/05/27
Vancouver World
Fifteen Enemy Aliens Interned in Victoria
1915/05/27
Vancouver World
Will Put Enemy Aliens in New Provincial Jail
1915/05/28
Vancouver World
Alien Enemies to Make Way for British Miners
1915/06/01
Vancouver World
Is Department Asleep
1915/06/03
Vancouver World
Aliens Interned; Room made for British Miners
1915/06/04
Vancouver World
Labor Men get Ready for Municipal Fight
1915/06/19
Vancouver World
Intern All Enemies
1915/07/03
Vancouver World
Labor Candidates Chosen by Referendum
1915/07/05
Vancouver World
German Escapes from Nanaimo
1915/07/06
Edmonton Bulletin
Alien Enemy Escapes
1915/07/06
Edmonton Bulletin
Alien Enemy Escapes
1915/07/07
Vancouver World
Capt. Milne to Head 6th Regt.
1915/08/13
Vancouver World
Regimental Bases to Remain Here
1915/08/26
Toronto Daily News
Alien Enemies In the Canadian West are Restrained by Northwest Mounted Police
1915/08/28
Toronto Daily News
Thousands Interned in British Columbia
1915/09/01
Vancouver World
Abolish Middleman
1915/09/04
Montreal Gazette
Should Intern Aliens
1915/09/13
Brandon Daily Sun
About 7000 in Prisoner Camps
1915/11/29
Vancouver World
Lieut.Col. Ridgway Wilson Here
1915/12/15
Vancouver World
Aliens Sent off to Vernon
1916/02/04
Vancouver World
Precautions will be Taken
1916/03/01
Brandon Daily Sun
Frisco Resident Arrested as Spy
1916/03/14
Vancouver World
More Men Wanted
1916/03/16
Toronto Daily News
Subjects of Austria Say They are Italians
1916/05/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Thousand Aliens to be Released
1916/05/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Thousand Aliens to be Released
1916/09/12
Vancouver World
Aliens at Nanaimo
1916/09/13
Vancouver World
Released Austrians in Custody at Nanaimo
1916/09/19
Vancouver World
Council Seeks Further Advice
1916/09/21
Vancouver World
Finances are in Splendid Shape
1916/09/26
Vancouver World
Women Tenants Enfranchised
1916/10/03
Vancouver World
Favor Internment of Alien Enemies
1916/10/06
Vancouver World
Coal Mining Company Sued
1916/10/21
Vancouver World
Settle Coal Mine Case
1916/12/06
Vancouver World
Protect Ores for Empire Use
1917/01/04
Edmonton Bulletin
To Eliminate Benefits for Alien Enemies
1917/01/04
Edmonton Bulletin
To Eliminate Benefits for Alien Enemies
1917/01/04
Vancouver World
Wish to Know about Capital
1917/01/26
Vancouver World
Aliens Must Get Out
1917/01/26
Vancouver World
Will Investigate Alien Employment
1917/01/30
Vancouver World
Aliens Must Leave Mines
1917/02/01
Vancouver World
Aliens Quit Mines
1917/02/06
Vancouver World
Enemy Aliens in the Mines
1917/12/08
Vancouver World
Burrell in Nanaimo
1918/04/20
Vancouver World
General Leckie Returns
1918/05/24
Vancouver World
Police Raid Camps
1918/05/31
Vancouver World
Country First, Then Unionism
1918/06/10
Vancouver World
Charge is Made Against Member
1918/07/10
Vancouver World
Premier Would Allow Municipalities Leeway
1918/08/03
Vancouver World
Must Kill Out German Element in this City
1918/12/21
Vancouver World
Would Expel Enemy Aliens
1919/01/31
Manitoba Free Press
Victoria May Ban all Meetings of Socialists
1919/02/11
Manitoba Free Press
Nanaimo Wants Aliens Banished
1919/03/25
Ottawa Journal
Will Deport All Dangerous Aliens
1919/04/28
Winnipeg Tribune
Alien Gangs Assail BC
1919/07/02
Vancouver World
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